Publications

World Wise Schools offers publications through which students gain a firsthand account of what life is like for a Peace Corps Volunteer. Educators can use published World Wise Schools materials to teach cross-cultural understanding and respect for other cultures worldwide. The materials are used in subjects as varied as social studies, language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, environmental education, and international economics. Teachers incorporate World Wise Schools materials into existing study units or use them as the centerpiece of an interdisciplinary curriculum. Publications from World Wise Schools are posted online. Hard copies are also available in limited quantities.

Designed for Peace Corps Volunteers, this practical, hands-on guide is also a rich and useful resource for students who want to look into their own culture and become more understanding of people of other cultures.

From 2000 until 2005, actively serving Peace Corps Volunteers wrote letters intended for students in the United States. The letters were initially distributed over a listserv, then subsequently through Web postings, earning these authors the title of "CyberVolunteers."

Looking at Ourselves and Others contains lesson plans, activities, and readings that help students understand components of their own culture and leads them to appreciate and understand differences between their culture and that of others.

Uncommon Journeys offers 11 essays by returned Peace Corps Volunteers, providing readers an insider's grasp of what it's like to serve as a Volunteer, including the challenges, the rewards, the humor, and, most important, lessons about life in other cultures. Ten of the selections are accompanied by lessons that can be employed in 6th- through 12th-grade classrooms.

This guide assists you and partners to facilitate service learning activities in your communities. It should be adapted to the setting, language, and culture in which you are working. It may be used for a short-term volunteer activity or to launch a longer term service initiative.

World Wise Schools eBooks provide a fun and colorful way for younger students to learn about the world from the comfort of their own homes and classrooms. Take your students on imaginary journeys to fascinating places like Namibia, Guatemala, and the Philippines and help them to understand that despite long distances and cultural differences, they actually share a great deal of common ground with people all over the globe.